List of minority language spoken in Finland, years 1990-2024
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Top 15 languages (by population) → black background
with yellow text.
Other languages → white background with black
text.
The most spoken languages in years 1994 and 2004 by rank in 2004
|
Language
|
Rank 1994
|
Rank 2004
|
Population 1994
|
Population 2004
|
Change in rank
|
Change in pop
|
|
Russian
|
1
|
1
|
13 728
|
37 253
|
0
|
23 525
|
|
Estonian
|
2
|
2
|
8 157
|
13 784
|
0
|
5 627
|
|
English
|
3
|
3
|
5 009
|
8 345
|
0
|
3 336
|
|
Somali
|
4
|
4
|
3 566
|
8 096
|
0
|
4 530
|
|
Arabic
|
7
|
5
|
2 531
|
6 589
|
2
|
4 058
|
|
Albanian
|
9
|
6
|
1 896
|
4 808
|
3
|
2 912
|
|
Kurdish
|
12
|
7
|
1 147
|
4 757
|
5
|
3 610
|
|
Chinese
|
8
|
8
|
2 020
|
4 172
|
0
|
2 152
|
|
Vietnamese
|
5
|
9
|
2 657
|
4 031
|
-4
|
1 374
|
|
German
|
6
|
10
|
2 567
|
3 898
|
-4
|
1 331
|
|
Turkish
|
10
|
11
|
1 695
|
3 278
|
-1
|
1 583
|
|
Persian
|
16
|
12
|
750
|
2 790
|
4
|
2 040
|
|
Spanish
|
11
|
13
|
1 288
|
2 688
|
-2
|
1 400
|
|
Thai
|
17
|
14
|
725
|
2 650
|
3
|
1 925
|
|
French
|
14
|
15
|
953
|
1 889
|
-1
|
936
|
|
Serbo-Croatian
|
15
|
16
|
775
|
1 357
|
-1
|
582
|
|
Polish
|
13
|
17
|
1 115
|
1 351
|
-4
|
236
|
The most spoken languages in years 2004 and 2014 by rank in 2014
|
Language
|
Rank 2004
|
Rank 2014
|
Population 2004
|
Population 2014
|
Change in rank
|
Change in pop
|
|
Russian
|
1
|
1
|
37 253
|
69 614
|
0
|
32 361
|
|
Estonian
|
2
|
2
|
13 784
|
46 195
|
0
|
32 411
|
|
English
|
3
|
3
|
8 345
|
16 732
|
0
|
8 387
|
|
Somali
|
4
|
4
|
8 096
|
16 721
|
0
|
8 625
|
|
Arabic
|
5
|
5
|
6 589
|
14 825
|
0
|
8 236
|
|
Kurdish
|
7
|
6
|
4 757
|
10 731
|
1
|
5 974
|
|
Chinese
|
8
|
7
|
4 172
|
10 110
|
1
|
5 938
|
|
Albanian
|
6
|
8
|
4 808
|
8 754
|
-2
|
3 946
|
|
Persian
|
12
|
9
|
2 790
|
8 103
|
3
|
5 313
|
|
Thai
|
14
|
10
|
2 650
|
8 038
|
4
|
5 388
|
|
Vietnamese
|
9
|
11
|
4 031
|
7 532
|
-2
|
3 501
|
|
Turkish
|
11
|
12
|
3 278
|
6 766
|
-1
|
3 488
|
|
Spanish
|
13
|
13
|
2 688
|
6 583
|
0
|
3 895
|
|
German
|
10
|
14
|
3 898
|
6 059
|
-4
|
2 161
|
|
Polish
|
17
|
15
|
1 351
|
4 459
|
2
|
3 108
|
|
French
|
15
|
16
|
1 889
|
3 736
|
-1
|
1 847
|
The most spoken languages in years 2014 and 2024 by rank in 2024
|
Language
|
Rank 2014
|
Rank 2024
|
Population 2014
|
Population 2024
|
Change in rank
|
Change in pop
|
|
Russian
|
1
|
1
|
69 614
|
102 487
|
0
|
32 873
|
|
Estonian
|
2
|
2
|
46 195
|
49 563
|
0
|
3 368
|
|
Arabic
|
5
|
3
|
14 825
|
43 534
|
2
|
28 709
|
|
Ukrainian
|
22
|
4
|
2 436
|
38 850
|
18
|
36 414
|
|
English
|
3
|
5
|
16 732
|
36 971
|
-2
|
20 239
|
|
Somali
|
4
|
6
|
16 721
|
26 891
|
-2
|
10 170
|
|
Persian
|
9
|
7
|
8 103
|
22 154
|
2
|
14 051
|
|
Chinese
|
7
|
8
|
10 110
|
19 264
|
-1
|
9 154
|
|
Albanian
|
8
|
9
|
8 754
|
19 072
|
-1
|
10 318
|
|
Kurdish
|
6
|
10
|
10 731
|
17 953
|
-4
|
7 222
|
|
Vietnamese
|
11
|
11
|
7 532
|
16 129
|
0
|
8 597
|
|
Turkish
|
12
|
12
|
6 766
|
12 964
|
0
|
6 198
|
|
Tagalog
|
19
|
13
|
2 618
|
12 661
|
6
|
10 043
|
|
Thai
|
10
|
14
|
8 038
|
12 355
|
-4
|
4 317
|
|
Spanish
|
13
|
15
|
6 583
|
11 804
|
-2
|
5 221
|
|
German
|
14
|
19
|
6 059
|
7 932
|
-5
|
1 873
|
|
Polish
|
15
|
22
|
4 459
|
6 442
|
-7
|
1 983
|
